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New Zealand: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

51 / 146

Importer Rank

52 / 145

Trade Balance Rank

90 / 145

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2016) $33,869,936,061
Total Imports (2016) $36,213,017,538
Trade Balance (2016) ($2,343,081,477)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2016) [2] 26.39%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2016) [2] 26.13%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
China $6,590,369,735
Australia $5,781,299,652
United States $3,700,824,940
Japan $2,078,658,253
South Korea $1,043,486,039
United Kingdom $1,022,078,888
Singapore $786,376,667
Indonesia $606,728,617
Thailand $576,668,766
Netherlands $564,742,658

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
China $7,237,133,528
Australia $4,555,506,898
United States $4,100,220,036
Japan $2,568,761,820
Germany $1,755,565,126
Thailand $1,630,756,596
South Korea $1,539,805,665
United Kingdom $1,022,349,790
Singapore $1,003,487,286
Malaysia $941,148,693

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(04) Dairy Products $8,037,082,718
(02) Meat $4,131,511,116
(44) Wood $2,881,204,013
(08) Fruit & Nuts $1,909,655,210
(22) Beverages $1,289,861,241
(99) Items nesoi $1,135,704,163
(84) Industrial Machinery $1,132,829,037
(03) Seafood $1,130,090,412
(19) Cereal, Flour & Starch $848,984,818
(35) Glues and Enzymes $845,893,774

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $5,385,916,930
(84) Industrial Machinery $4,801,569,292
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $3,080,014,481
(85) Electrical Machinery $3,007,311,818
(39) Plastics $1,394,032,610
(90) Precision Instruments $1,158,361,562
(88) Aircraft $1,094,509,297
(30) Pharmaceuticals $926,859,700
(94) Furniture $791,616,639
(48) Paper $689,385,639

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2016) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 4/27/2018
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